Param Vir
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Param Vir is a British composer, originally from India. Born in Delhi into a family life permeated with Indian classical music, Param Vir's strong interest in music developed as a teenager when attending a Roman Catholic secondary school and had informal lessons from composer Hans-Joachim Koellreutter, then resident in India. With no prospects as a composer in India, he read history and philosophy at Delhi University, but returned to music on graduation in 1974 as a teacher. From 1983 Vir studied composition at Dartington with Peter Maxwell Davies and at Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Oliver Knussen. In 1986 Vir was a composition fellow at Tanglewood. The following year he was a featured composer in the Festival of India in Geneva.
Param Vir is a British composer, originally from India. Born in Delhi into a family life permeated with Indian classical music, Param Vir's strong interest in music developed as a teenager when attending a Roman Catholic secondary school and had informal lessons from composer Hans-Joachim Koellreutter, then resident in India. With no prospects as a composer in India, he read history and philosophy at Delhi University, but returned to music on graduation in 1974 as a teacher. From 1983 Vir studied composition at Dartington with Peter Maxwell Davies and at Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Oliver Knussen. In 1986 Vir was a composition fellow at Tanglewood. The following year he was a featured composer in the Festival of India in Geneva.
Career
1983 – attended Dartington International Summer School on a scholarship. 1984 – moved to London to study with Oliver Knussen. 1987 – awarded Benjamin Britten Composition Prize. 1993 – Pierre Audi production of Broken Strings wins Ernst von Siemens Music Prize for young composers (Munich). 2003 – first full production of ION tours Europe. 2005 – Horse Tooth White Rock performed at the BBC Proms. 2005 – Hayagriva commissioned and premiered by the Schoenberg Ensemble in Amsterdam 2006 – Between Earth and Sky, inspired by Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate, premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London 2008 – He Begins His Great Trance for the BBC Singers; Black Feather Rising for Stichting Octopus 2010 – Constellations for the BCMG performed at the Barbican 2013 – BBC Proms Commission Cave of Luminous Mind 2014 – Raga Fields – co-commission from Klangforum Wien, Fulcrum Point Chicago, the BCMG 2017 – international tour of A Kinsman to Danger 2020 – awarded PRS Composer Award for portrait CD on NMC
Selected works
Stage works
Other
Before Krishna (1987; string orchestra) Horse Tooth White Rock (1994; orchestra) Ultimate Words: Infinite Song (1997; baritone, six percussion, piano) The Theatre of Magical Beings (2003; large ensemble) Hayagriva (2005; large ensemble) Between Earth and Sky (2006; orchestra) Cave of Luminous Mind (2013; orchestra) BBC commission for 2013 Proms ABLAZE! (2014, soprano, piano) Raga Fields (2014, sarod, mixed ensemble) Drum of the Deathless (2017, percussion quintet or percussion duo) A Kinsman to Danger (2017, baritone, piano)
References
Param Vir's homepage at Chester Music
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